Implants

Breast Implant Defined

A breast implant is a sac (implant shell) of silicone, a rubber-like substance filled with silicone gel or saline, which is surgically implanted under your chest tissue.

Mentor offers breast implants in a variety of sizes and shapes to accommodate various body types. Our range of MemoryGel breast implants and round saline breast implants include High Profile, Moderate Plus Profile, and Moderate Profile each offering a different level of projection (profile) for an individual woman's preference and body type. In fact, Mentor was the first to offer the High Profile Breast Implants, offering greater projection, particularly designed for women with a narrower chest wall.

Breast Implant Size

For many women, deciding what breast size they want can be the most difficult part about choosing breast augmentation. Generally, the larger you want your cup size to be, the larger the breast implant your surgeon will consider using. Your plastic surgeon will evaluate your existing breast tissue to determine if you have enough tissue to accommodate the desired size of breast implant.

If you desire a breast implant that is too large for your tissue, the implant's edges may be visible through your skin after your operation or the implant may be more easily felt. By choosing a breast implant that is too large for your tissue, you may increase the risk of having surgical complications. Also, breast implants that are excessive in size may increase the effects of gravity on your body, which may cause your breasts to prematurely droop or sag.

Smooth & Textured Breast Implant Surfaces

Breast implant shells have a smooth or textured surface. As a natural reaction to any device placed in the body, scar tissue will form around the breast implant surface, creating a capsule. In some women, the capsule can tighten and squeeze the implant. This occurrence is called capsular contracture.

Saline Breast Implants

Our saline breast implants are filled with a saltwater solution similar to the fluid that makes up most of the human body. Each Mentor saline breast implant has a self-sealing valve used to fill the device during surgery. We offer a variety of textures, sizes, and shapes to provide you and your plastic surgeon the greatest possible flexibility toward achieving breast enlargement goals.

Allergan

NATRELLE Silicone- and Saline-Filled Breast Implants

For more than 25 years, NATRELLE silicone- and saline-filled breast implants have been available to women in more than 60 countries for breast augmentation, revision and reconstructive surgery.

The NATRELLE Collection offers women the industry's widest range of safe and high-quality breast implant options. From saline and silicone gel filler, to smooth and textured surfaces and varying shapes, to low, moderate and high profile (projection) and a range of volumes, women today have more options than ever before in breast aesthetics. This is critical to a woman's ability to achieve an individualized, aesthetic result based on her unique body type and surgical goals.

As a leader in the medical aesthetics industry, Allergan is committed to providing the highest quality education to women considering breast aesthetic surgery so that she, along with her surgeon, can make an informed and educated decision about what is right for her. Looking ahead, we will continue to lead the science-based innovation in the area of breast aesthetics by offering women and their surgeons more options with additions to our extensive collection of high-quality breast implant devices.